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A story about respect — mansplaining and other demeaning behaviour in a Scrum team

A story about respect — mansplaining and other demeaning behaviour in a Scrum team

How this team dealt with it

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Willem-Jan Ageling
Feb 19, 2020
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A story about respect — mansplaining and other demeaning behaviour in a Scrum team
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How this team dealt with it

Here follows an account of a real life situation. Names are altered.

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By mohamed_hassan

Sarah can’t believe what she hears.

The team is 30 minutes in the Sprint Planning and the discussions are heated as the team is trying to determine the Sprint Goal. This is nothing unusual for them. Some like to be ambitious (but perhaps too op…

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